Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 18) Posted on June 11, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. Scientific study of bacteriophages contributed significantly to ___________ Molecular genetics Plant pathology Food microbiology Industrial fermentation 2. Typhoid fever is caused by __________ Bacillus anthracis Vibrio cholerae Salmonella Typhi Staphylococcus aureus 3. _________________________ is regarded as the Father of Modern Bacteriology Robert Koch Edward Jenner Alexander Fleming Louis Pasteur 4. The reproductive structure bearing conidia is called ___________ Ascus Basidium Rhizoid Conidiophore 5. Cholera is caused by ___________________ Escherichia coli Mycobacterium tuberculosis Shigella dysenteriae Vibrio cholerae 6. Edward Jenner developed a successful vaccine that protect against __________ Smallpox Rabies Tuberculosis Polio 7. Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine against __________________ Smallpox Rabies Typhoid Tuberculosis 8. The Gram staining technique was developed by ___________________ Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Hans Christian Gram 9. ___________________ are specialized invaginations of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane Nucleoids Mesosomes Ribosomes Plasmids 10. _____________________ is the scientist who coined the term “cell” Pasteur Leeuwenhoek Robert Hooke Koch Loading … Question 1 of 10